We know, because of what we know about similar ancient desert lakes, we know that the lakes didn't last very long, from a few months to a few years on average.

而我们知道，出于我们对类似的古代沙漠湖泊的了解，我们知道这些湖泊并没有持续很长时间，平均从几个月到几年不等。

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Ancient Greek myths told of a time long ago when people lived in peace and happiness.

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When a slave is freed--and in the Ancient World, in the Roman Empire, most slaves were eventually freed, - unless they just died before long-- they became a freed man.

当一名奴隶被释放。。。在古罗马帝国，几乎所有奴隶最终都会被释放，除非他们很早就去世-,成为脱离奴隶身份的人。

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As he puts it in the dedication of his most famous book, he writes that this book The Prince "is a product of long experience with modern things " and a continuous reading of the ancient ones."

从而催生出,他最呕心沥血的大作，他笔下的《君王论》,“是一部,对现代事物长久体验,与持续阅读古籍的结晶“

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If, like us, you struggle to read the front of the Corn Flakes box of a morning, you likely gave up any hope of cracking ancient codes long ago.

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They are making connections across old borders, breaking down traditional barriers, crossing ancient divides and smashing long-established walls of prejudice.

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Whichever ancient Mayans devised this long, long con are probably laughing at us from their perch in Mayan heaven right now.

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